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Sun, 20 May 2018 15:55:55 +0000https://www.romancatholicman.com/?p=13257For Pentecost, I chose to focus on Archbishop Cordileone’s October 7, 2017 “Call to Spiritual Arms.” If we want the Holy Spirit to spread across our country, THIS is the

]]>For Pentecost, I chose to focus on Archbishop Cordileone’s October 7, 2017 “Call to Spiritual Arms.” If we want the Holy Spirit to spread across our country, THIS is the prescription!

Literally, a fissure occurred in America, and the smoke of Satan entered in …

On “witches night,” April 30, 1966, exactly 50 years from the Angel’s appearance to the children in Fatima in 1916, Anton LaVey founded the “First Satanic Church” in San Francisco, CA. Required reading for members was “The Satanic Bible.” The central theme of the Satanic Bible is, “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.” Of course this stands in direct opposition to the very last words uttered by the Blessed Mother: “Do whatever He tells you.”

The following Summer, the hippie movement and it’s iconic “sexual revolution,” exploded onto the world scene, when in 1967, “The Summer of Love” saw 100,000 people converged in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco. In fact, this song “San Francisco“ by the Mamas and Papas, depicting the Summer of Love, was released on May 13, 1967, the 50th anniversary of our Lady’s first appearance at Fatima. Charlie Mason, and his murderous cult following, grew out of this “Summer of Love” event in San Francisco.

While the rumblings of a man-centered, God-maligning spirit was everywhere, the volcanic explosion occurred in San Francisco at this 50 year mark since the appearances of the Angel and Our Lady in Fatima. Although hippies also gathered in major cities across the U.S., Canada and Europe, San Francisco remained the epicenter of the hippie movement and the sexual revolution. The city became even more of a melting pot of politics, music, drugs, and the total lack of sexual and social inhibition than it already was. As the hippie counterculture movement came further forward into public awareness, the activities centered therein became a defining moment of the 1960s, causing numerous ‘ordinary citizens’ to begin questioning everything and anything about them and their environment as a result.

Similar to that of the Protestant Revolution in 1517 (exactly 500 years ago), scores of Catholics would leave the Church. Priestly and religious vocations would dry up. Mass attendance would sharply decline. Catholic clergy and laity would no longer be on the same page in terms of belief and behavior. And as for many church-goers that would remain, their morals and lifestyle would prove to be comparable to non-Catholics.

Fast-forward to this past 7 October Saturday. As wildfires blazed throughout the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the holy and orthodox Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone (name means “heart of a lion”), a strong supporter of the Traditional Latin Mass, chose the Feast of Our Lady of Victory (Our Lady of the Rosary), 7 October, 2017, to consecrate the Archdiocese of San Francisco to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

I strongly urge you to read Archbishop Cordileone’s monumental homily (HERE), but I will extract the nuts and bolts “spiritual warfare plan” here. As Archbishop Cordileone states,

For 100 years we ignored the message of Fatima; or, perhaps, it is not so much the message we ignored, for we are well aware of the warnings and the history that resulted. Rather, it is the requests we ignored. But we cannot afford to do so any longer. We have to pay attention. We have to do what she told the waiters at Cana: do whatever he tells you. And what does Christ tell us to do? He reveals this in the requests our Lady made at Fatima. It is now time to heed those requests. We might not have the power to change world history, but we can change what happens in our own families and communities if we heed the message. This next century can be radically different from the last one, but only if we heed the message and respond to the requests.

Which means that what we are doing today cannot be relegated to being simply a moving event and pleasant memory in the history of our Archdiocese. Far from being something we check off on a to-do list, what we are about today is nothing less than a call to arms: to spiritual arms. We are living in a time and place of intense spiritual battle, and only in taking up spiritual arms will we alleviate the spiritual disease that is at the root of so much of the physical and mental suffering in the world today. It is time to leave the sensational aside, and respond to the requests of our Lady at Fatima.

What did she ask us to do? It should come as no surprise, because it is the central part of her message wherever and whenever she appears: prayer, penance and adoration. And she was very clear at Fatima about the twofold purpose of this request: to save souls from hell, and to establish peace in the world. The message of Fatima was not only about the temporal order but, above all, the eternal order. In both orders, the stakes could not be higher: world peace and eternal salvation! I therefore call on all of the faithful of the Archdiocese of San Francisco to take to heart this threefold recipe for peace and salvation, as our Lady has asked us.

Notice that Archbishop Cordileone does not waste any time “pinpointing” the “Do what thou wilt” Satanic spirit ushered through his Archdiocese to the world by drawing great attention to Mary’s words that crush the Satanic lie,” as Mary said, “Do whatever He tells you.” “Do what thou wilt” disconnects us from the power of grace … “Do whatever He tells you” cleaves us to the Vine and opens wide the flow of supernatural grace in our lives.

Here is Archbishop Cordileone’s Battle Plan to “Reverse the Curse”:

Prayer: Our Lady has asked us specifically to pray the Rosary daily. I ask every Catholic in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, if you are not doing so already, to pray the Rosary every day. And I ask all families to pray the Rosary together at least once a week. (Exactly one year from this “Call to Spiritual Arms,” our entire nation will, simultaneously, be praying the Rosary together. For more information, go to rosarycoasttolcoast.com)

Penance: Most especially we must take up the spiritual arm of penance, for it is a powerful weapon in our spiritual arsenal that we have woefully ignored for far too long. The reform of the discipline of penitential practice in the Church, far from denying the importance of it, was meant to instill a more mature spirit of appropriating this hallmark of Christian life in the life of the individual believer. Dedicate Friday as a day of penance in honor of the day that our Lord died for us, selecting one concrete form of bodily fasting to observe on this day, whether that be abstaining from meat or another type of food or from some type of drink they normally enjoy, or omitting a meal altogether. (We must) have more serious and frequent recourse to the sacrament of Penance. There can be no spiritual revival, and especially a revival of Eucharistic devotion, without a renewal in our practice of the sacrament of Reconciliation. I call on all of the faithful of the Archdiocese of San Francisco to increase the sincerity and frequency with which they avail themselves of this sacrament, and, as a minimum, to confess their sins in the sacrament at least once a month.

Adoration: All of our devotion, just as all of our penitential practices, must lead to adoration of God. The adoration our Lady asks for is meant to purify us of our inclinations to worship the false gods of contemporary society, and to give ourselves over to single-hearted worship of the one, true God. I ask every Catholic in the Archdiocese of San Francisco to dedicate some time each week to pray before the Blessed Sacrament. If it is not possible during the week, take some time before or after Sunday Mass to pray on your knees before our Lord present in the tabernacle. At least some time every week praying before the presence of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament – Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity – will fulfill his desire that we ask him for mercy. And of course, our Lady also asked us to observe the devotion of the First Five Saturdays, precisely right after the children received the vision of hell, when she also asked for devotion to her Immaculate Heart. The devotion consists of attending Mass and receiving Communion in reparation for sins on five consecutive first Saturdays of the month shortly after or before going to Confession, and spending a quarter of an hour praying five decades of the Rosary.

All of these “spiritual warfare initiatives” point to a deeper, underlying truth … This has been a secular war on the supernatural. So, we claim the Rosary as our supernatural weapon, we see acts of penance as a way to supernaturally intensify our prayers, we purify our soul and don the supernatural armor of grace through the Sacrament of Penance, and we deepen our faith in the Holy Eucharist and the power obtained by receiving it through Adoration. The counter-revolution to the counter-revolution is our belief and reliance on the power of supernatural grace.

Did the good and holy Archbishop just “plug up the original satanic hole (fissure)?” Recall that Our Lady promised, “In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph.”

Realize that Archbishop Cordileone’s “Spiritual Warfare Plan” exactly matches that of the movement entitled, “The Holy League.” A movement that also celebrates its feast on “The Feast of Our Lady of Victory” – October 7 – commemorating the victory of the Holy League on October 7, 1571, and its primary weapon of the Rosary. For more information, go to HolyLeague.com

]]>https://www.romancatholicman.com/reverse-curse-just-1967-lets-follow-san-franciscos-lead-2/Auxilium Christianorum: Daily Spiritual Warfare Prayershttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RomanCatholicMan/~3/403FEiY25po/
Sat, 19 May 2018 17:38:43 +0000https://www.romancatholicman.com/?p=13255The Church teaches us that it is divided into the Church Triumphant (which includes the members of the Church in heaven), the Church Suffering (this includes the members of the

]]>The Church teaches us that it is divided into the Church Triumphant (which includes the members of the Church in heaven), the Church Suffering (this includes the members of the Church in purgatory), and the Church Militant (this refers to those members of the Church who are alive in this world). Because we are part of the Church Militant, we are in a spiritual warfare and this spiritual warfare requires that we recognize, as Saint Paul teaches us “For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places.” (Ephesians 6:12)

The members of the Auxilium Christianorum should always bear in mind the reality of our state as members of the Church living in this world. Despite St. Paul’s teaching, many Catholics do not take seriously their obligation to wage war against the demonic forces. It is for this reason the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum was founded.

They have an inspiring list of requirements, but the essential requirement is to pray the daily prayers. Here are the daily prayers …

Daily Prayers Offered for the Members of the Auxilium Christianorum

Prayers to be said every day:

V. Our help is in the name of the Lord.

R. Who made heaven and earth.

Most gracious Virgin Mary, thou who wouldst crush the head of the serpent, protect us from the vengeance of the evil one. We offer our prayers, sufferings and good works to thee so that thou may purify them, sanctify them and present them to thy Son as a perfect offering. May this offering be given so that the demons that influence or seek to influence the members of the Auxilium Christianorum do not know the source of their expulsion and blindness. Blind them so that they know not our good works. Blind them so that they know not on whom to take vengeance. Blind them so that they may receive the just sentence for their works. Cover us with the Precious Blood of thy Son so that we may enjoy the protection which flows from His Passion and Death. We ask this through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord. Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

V. Thou hast redeemed us with Thy Blood, O Lord.

R. And made of us a kingdom for our God.

Let us pray.

Almighty, and everlasting God, Who hast appointed Thine only-begotten Son to be the Redeemer of the world, and hast been pleased to be reconciled unto us by His Blood, grant us, we beseech Thee, so to venerate with solemn worship the price of our salvation, that the power thereof may here on earth keep us from all things hurtful, and the fruit of the same may gladden us for ever hereafter in heaven. Through the same Christ our Lord. R. Amen.

On Sundays:

O Glorious Queen of Heaven and Earth, Virgin Most Powerful, thou who hast the power to crush the head of the ancient serpent with thy heel, come and exercise this power flowingfromthe grace of thine Immaculate Conception. Shield us under the mantle of thy purity and love, draw us into the sweet abode of thy heart and annihilate and render impotent the forces bent on destroying us. Come Most Sovereign Mistress of the Holy Angels and Mistress of the Most Holy Rosary, thou who from the very beginning hast received from God the power and the mission to crush the head of Satan. Send forth thy holy legions, we humbly beseech thee, that under thycommand and by thy power they may pursue the evil spirits, counter them on every side, resist their bold attacks and drive them far from us, harming no one on the way, binding them to the foot of the Cross to be judged and sentenced by Jesus Christ Thy Son and to be disposed of by Him as He wills.

St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church, come to our aid in this grave battle against the forces of darkness, repel the attacks of the devil and free the members of the Auxilium Christianorum, and those for whom the priests of the Auxilium Christianorum pray, from the strongholds of the enemy.

St. Michael, summon the entire heavenly court to engage their forces in this fierce battle against the powers of hell. Come O Prince of Heaven with thy mighty sword and thrust into hell Satan and all the other evil spirits. O Guardian Angels, guide and protect us. Amen.

On Mondays:

Lord Jesus Christ, we pray that Thou cover us, our families, and all of our possessions with Thy love and Thy Most Precious Blood and surround us with Thy Heavenly Angels, Saints and the mantle of Our Blessed Mother. Amen.

On Tuesdays:

Lord Jesus Christ, we beg Thee for the grace to remain guarded beneath the protective mantle of Mary, surrounded by the holy briar from which was taken the Holy Crown of Thorns, and saturated with Thy Precious Blood in the power of the Holy Spirit, with our Guardian Angels, for the greater glory of the Father. Amen.

On Wednesdays:

In the Name of Jesus Christ, Our Lord and God, and by the power of my priesthood, we render all spirits impotent, paralyzed and ineffective in attempting to take revenge against any one of the members of the Auxilium Christianorum, our families, friends, communities, those who pray for us and their family members, or anyone associated with us and for whom the priests of the Auxilium Christianorum pray. We bind all evil spirits, all powers in the air, the water, the ground, the fire, under ground, or wherever they exercise their powers, any satanic forces in nature and any and all emissaries of the satanic headquarters. We bind in the Blood of Jesus all of the attributes,aspects and characteristics, interactions, communications and deceitful games of the evil spirits. We break any and all bonds, ties and attachments in the Name of the Father, and of the Son 2and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

On Thursdays:

Almighty God and Father, we beg Thee through the intercession and help of the Archangels Sts. Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel for the deliverance of our brothers and sisters who are enslaved by the evil one. All Saints of Heaven, come to our aid. From anxiety, sadness and obsessions – We implore Thee, deliver us, O Lord. From hatred, fornication, and envy – We implore Thee, deliver us, O Lord.

From thoughts of jealousy, rage, and death – We implore Thee, deliver us, O Lord. From every thought of suicide and abortion – We implore Thee, deliver us, O Lord.

St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church, come to our aid in this grave

From every form of sinful sexuality – We implore Thee, deliver us, O Lord.

From every division in our family, and every harmful friendship – We implore Thee, deliver us, O Lord.

From every sort of spell, malefice, witchcraft, and every form of the occult – We implore Thee, deliver us, O Lord.

Thou who said, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you.” Grant that, through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, we may be liberated from every demonic influence and enjoy Thy peace always. In the Name of Christ, our Lord. Amen.

On Fridays:

Litany of Humility

O Jesus, meek and
From the desire of
From the desire of
From the desire of
From the desire of
From the desire of
From the desire of
From the desire of
From the desire of
From the fear of being humiliated, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being despised, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of suffering rebukes, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being calumniated, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being forgotten, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being ridiculed, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being wronged, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being suspected, deliver me, Jesus.

That others may be loved more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be esteemed more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That in the opinion of the world, others may increase and I may decrease, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be chosen and I set aside, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be praised and I unnoticed, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be preferred to me in everything, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may become holier than I, provided that I become as holy as I should,

Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

On Saturdays:

O God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we call upon Thy holy Name and humbly beseech Thy clemency, that, through the intercession of the ever immaculate Virgin, our Mother Mary, and of the glorious Archangel Saint Michael, thou wouldst vouchsafe to help us against Satan and all the other unclean spirits that are prowling about the world to the great peril of the human race and the loss of souls. Amen.

Conclusion for Every Day

August Queen of the Heavens, heavenly Sovereign of the Angels, thou who from the beginning hast received from God the power and the mission to crush the head of Satan, we humbly beseech thee to send thy holy legions, so that under thy command and through thy power, they may pursue the demons and combat them everywhere, suppress their boldness, and drive them back into the abyss. O good and tender Mother, thou wilt always be our love and hope! O Divine Mother, send thy Holy Angels to defend us and to drive far away from us the cruel enemy. Holy Angels and Archangels, defend us, guard us. Amen.

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. Mary, Help of Christians,
pray for us.

]]>https://www.romancatholicman.com/auxilium-christianorum-daily-spiritual-warfare-prayers-2/To Progressives/Relativists: “You all think I’m licked. Well I’m not licked.”http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RomanCatholicMan/~3/te21w29nn64/
Sat, 19 May 2018 00:21:21 +0000https://www.romancatholicman.com/?p=13252“You think I’m licked. You all think I’m licked. Well I’m not licked. And I’m gonna stay right here and fight for this lost cause. Even if this room gets

]]>“You think I’m licked. You all think I’m licked. Well I’m not licked. And I’m gonna stay right here and fight for this lost cause. Even if this room gets filled with lies like these. And the Taylors and all their armies come marching into this place. Somebody will listen to me.” (Jeffrey Smith, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” 1939)

If we are merely “animals,” then “YES” … bring it on!! Bring it ALL on!! Let humanity satisfy every pleasure, every want, every desire!! But, if we are MORE than animals, leave us free to live in that dignity.

I am SO tired of progressives/relativists who live their lives diminishing the dignity of humanity!! Yes, the “soft bigotry of low expectations.”

We don’t need to bend down and become like the world. We are called to elevate the world … to sanctify the world!! Venerable Fulton Sheen put it best:

“The world’s greatest need is great men, someone who will understand that there is no greater conquest than victory over oneself; someone who will realize that the real worth is achieved, not so much by activity, as by silence; someone who will seek the Kingdom of God and His justice, and put into actual practice the law that it is only by dying to the life of the body that we ever live to the life of the spirit; someone who will brave the taunts of a Good Friday to win the joy of Easter Sunday; who will, like a lightning-flash, burn away the bonds of feeble interests which tie down our energies to the world; who, with a fearless voice, like John the Baptist, will arouse our enfeebled nature out of the sleek dream of unheroic repose; who will gain victories, not by stepping down from the Cross and compromising with the world, but who will suffer in order to conquer the world.

In a word, what we need are saints, for saints are the truly great men … I assume without further ado that the grace of God is the one thing necessary, and that God will give that grace to those who do His will.” -Venerable Fulton Sheen

Well …. I will not live as an animal. I will live to strive to be the saint God has called me to be!! And I will NOT allow my One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church to devolve into a “get with the times … do whatever feels good” organization because, you know, we are soooo merciful!!

I am taking a stand!!! And I’m gonna stay right here and fight for this lost cause!!! Even if this Church gets filled with lies like these. And the Kaspers and all their armies come marching into this place. Somebody will listen to me!

“You think I’m licked. You all think I’m licked. Well I’m not licked!!”

]]>https://www.romancatholicman.com/to-modernistsrelativists-you-all-think-im-licked-well-im-not-licked-2/Padre Pio’s “Secret Weapon Novena” for Ireland – May 17-25http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RomanCatholicMan/~3/BmJe_pjzdeU/
Thu, 17 May 2018 18:27:25 +0000https://www.romancatholicman.com/?p=13245Irish Catholics have asked the world to join with them in prayer to save them from joining ranks with the culture if death. In these final 9 days before the

When someone asks you to pray for them, why not pray with “Padre Pio Power”? When I heard that the prayer below (written by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque) was the one Padre Pio would use when people asked him to pray for them, I needed no further encouragement for choosing this prayer in the same way. Padre Pio has tens of thousands of miracles associated with him, including the healing of a very good friend of Pope John Paul II.

Padre Pio’s Sacred Heart Novena Prayer

O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.” Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of (Save Ireland from the culture of death). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be … Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.

O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in My name, He will give it to you.” Behold, in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of (Save Ireland from the culture of death). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be … Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.

O my Jesus, You have said: “Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass away but My words will not pass away.” Encouraged by Your infallible words I now ask for the grace of (Save Ireland from the culture of death). Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be … Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of You, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Your tender Mother and ours.

Say the Hail, Holy Queen and add: “St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.”

]]>https://www.romancatholicman.com/padre-pios-secret-weapon-prayer-brought-thousands-miracles-2/I’m Going In for Ireland – A Call to Fast!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RomanCatholicMan/~3/qUJkPOFA1yA/
Tue, 15 May 2018 13:36:12 +0000https://www.romancatholicman.com/?p=13225Please join Ireland’s Call to Fast on bread and water on these dates … Wednesday, May 16 Friday, May 18 Wednesday, May 23 Friday, May 25 – The Day of

]]>Please join Ireland’s Call to Fast on bread and water on these dates …

Wednesday, May 16
Friday, May 18
Wednesday, May 23
Friday, May 25 – The Day of the Referendum (learn more HERE)

“Jesus himself has shown us by his own example that prayer and fasting are the first and most effective weapons against the forces of evil (cf. Mt 4:1-11). As he taught his disciples, some demons cannot be driven out except in this way (cf. Mk 9:29). Let us therefore discover anew the humility and the courage to pray and fast so that power from on high will break down the walls of lies and deceit: the watts which conceal from the sight of so many of our brothers and sisters the evil of practices and laws which are hostile to life. May this same power turn their hearts to resolutions and goals inspired by the civilization of life and love.” – Pope John Paul II, Evangelium vitae, no. 100

]]>https://www.romancatholicman.com/im-going-in-for-ireland-a-call-to-fast/I’m Going In for Ireland!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RomanCatholicMan/~3/_isf90m555Q/
Fri, 11 May 2018 17:48:08 +0000https://www.romancatholicman.com/?p=13218According to the Catholic Herald … Despite the entire political class pushing for abortion, the polls are surprisingly close Irish voters will be going to the polls on May

Despite the entire political class pushing for abortion, the polls are surprisingly close

Irish voters will be going to the polls on May 25 to decide whether to liberalise the country’s strict abortion laws. Leo Varadkar’s government is pushing strongly for a Yes vote in what will be a test of Ireland’s declining Catholic identity.

The referendum concerns the proposed repeal of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, passed in 1983, which establishes the right to life of the unborn child on a par with that of the mother. As a result, Ireland has one of Europe’s most restrictive abortion laws, with abortion only permitted when there is a risk to the mother’s life. The constitutional provision has made it very difficult for legislators or judges to widen the scope of the law.

The referendum, if passed, would be a radical change. If it secures a Yes vote in May, the Varadkar government is proposing a law which would be more permissive than that in Britain for unborn children up to 12 weeks, allowing abortion on demand, and mirroring UK provisions on medically certified abortions after 12 weeks. (continue reading…)

This is how “I’m Going In” for Ireland between today and May 25 … will you join me?

Going to Confession: The holier we are determines how powerful our prayers are in waging the spiritual warfare. I want no “tox-sins” hindering the merit of my prayer.

Remember Ireland at Masses: At every Mass, until May 25, I will remember to pray for Ireland.

Holy Face Chaplet: This is the first movement of “exorcism.” Binding Satan’s power through this mighty devotion of the Holy Face. (How to is HERE)

Saint Patrick’s Lorica Prayer: This is an ancient prayer that seeks “protection.” In this case, we are calling upon God, through the intercession of St. Patrick, to protect Ireland from the invasion of the culture of death.

Sacred Heart Novena (May 17-25): When I heard that this prayer (written by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque) was the one Padre Pio would use when people asked him to pray for them, I needed no further encouragement for choosing this prayer in the same way. (How to is HERE)

Holy Rosary: We call upon Our Lady to crush the head of the serpent with this mightiest of prayers.

Saint Patrick’s Lorica for Protection

I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
of the Creator of creation.

I arise today
Through the strength of Christ’s birth with His baptism,
Through the strength of His crucifixion with His burial,
Through the strength of His resurrection with His ascension,
Through the strength of His descent for the judgment of doom.

I arise today
Through the strength of the love of cherubim,
In the obedience of angels,
In the service of archangels,
In the hope of resurrection to meet with reward,
In the prayers of patriarchs,
In the predictions of prophets,
In the preaching of apostles,
In the faith of confessors,
In the innocence of holy virgins,
In the deeds of righteous men.

I arise today, through
The strength of heaven,
The light of the sun,
The radiance of the moon,
The splendor of fire,
The speed of lightning,
The swiftness of wind,
The depth of the sea,
The stability of the earth,
The firmness of rock.

I summon today
All these powers between me and those evils,
Against every cruel and merciless power
that may oppose my body and soul,
Against incantations of false prophets,
Against black laws of pagandom,
Against false laws of heretics,
Against craft of idolatry,
Against spells of witches and smiths and wizards,
Against every knowledge that corrupts man’s body and soul;
Christ to shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that there may come to me an abundance of reward.

Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down,
Christ when I sit down,
Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.

]]>https://www.romancatholicman.com/saint-patricks-lorica-protection-president-trump-2-2/No Question this is Providential! World Joins UK in Prayer this Sunday, April 29!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RomanCatholicMan/~3/5wd2NWNy00s/
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 18:23:51 +0000https://www.romancatholicman.com/?p=13160 Over the past several months, a grassroots effort worked diligently to call the British Isles to pray the rosary together on Sunday, April 29. As their website reads …

Over the past several months, a grassroots effort worked diligently to call the British Isles to pray the rosary together on Sunday, April 29. As their website reads …

Recently the faithful of Poland and Ireland have responded to what they sense as a movement of the Holy Spirit to gather around the coasts of their nations and pray to Jesus, the Divine Mercy, for a renewal of faith and respect for human life through the powerful intercession of Our Lady of the Rosary. Having witnessed this, a number of the lay faithful in the British Isles – England, Scotland, Wales and their isles – have felt the same inspiration and urge to respond.

They are hoping for us to have our own national Rosary on the Coast for Faith, Life and Peace in the British Isles and are calling their brothers and sisters to such a day of Prayer and Pilgrimage on Sunday 29 April 2018 at 3pm, fifth Sunday of Easter.

There is no question that this inspired call for prayer is by the providence of God as it “happens” to fall in the same week the whole world is watching the outrageous treatment of little Alfie Evans, a child being held hostage by extreme secular progressive judges, against the wishes of the parents … and the entire world!

As Bishop John Keenan of Scotland states,

“Our world is engaged in a fraught struggle over the meaning of the human person. Aggressively secular anthropologies insist that nothing is really true or given in human nature, and the only lasting good for each human person comes about when they can choose everything about their identity from its very source. It brings a radically new meaning to the idea of pro-choice because it seeks to lay hold on the very prerogatives of Creation itself. Against this our Christian anthropology battles on proposing that God, in His loving plan of Creation, has already given us a nature that is best for us, so that our meaning and happiness are integrally linked to discovering, rather than inventing, the truth of who we are, and so entering its path to real dignity, freedom and peace. Since this task is now, in our times, an adventure of evangelisation we need God’s supernatural assistance in grace and mercy, which the laity are beginning to cry out for in initiatives like the Rosary on the Coast, asking the Woman who was content to be the handmaid of God’s plan to be their intercessor and guide.” Bishop John Keenan

PLEASE, EVERYONE … embrace this providential call to join with the British Isles in this, now, worldwide “Day of Spiritual Warfare” as we, collectively, take up arms (The Rosary!) and stand against the forces of evil looking to destroy faith, the dignity of life, and peace. We call upon Our Blessed Lady to crush the head of the serpent!

Prayer Time: Sunday 29 April 2018 at 3pm, which is 7am PST, 8am MST, 9am CST, 10am EST. If you cannot hit that time exactly, pray as near as possible to that time.

WHILE ALFIE IS KEPT FROM BAMBINO GESU HOSPITAL, LET US ASK BAMBINO GESU TO COME TO ALFIE’S AID.

Mother Angelica, pray for Alfie!
Bambino Gesu, come to Alfie’s aid!

Let us pray …

Divine Child Jesus, we believe in You; We adore You; and we love You; have mercy on us, sinners.

We’ve come to You in response to Your love. We’ve come in response to your mercy and grace. We are here because You invited us to come before You and to pour out the cares of our hearts to You since You deeply care for each of us.

We remember Your words to the disciples: Ask and you shall receive. Seek and you shall find. Knock and the door shall be opened. Trusting in Your infinite goodness and trusting that You always keep your promise, we now ask this intention which we pray in the silence of our hearts …

<silently mention the request>

Thank you, Divine Child Jesus, for listening attentively to our prayers all the time. We hope that You will ask this before Our Heavenly Father. And, if what we ask for may not be good for our salvation and sanctification, we trust that You will grant us instead what we truly need, so that one day we may be with You for all eternity enjoying that ultimate happiness of Heaven.

]]>https://www.romancatholicman.com/bambino-gesu-come-alfies-aid/Never Give Up! A Miracle Story to Support Alfie Evanshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RomanCatholicMan/~3/WrI5WDq3yts/
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 20:47:23 +0000https://www.romancatholicman.com/?p=13148 Pool of Bethesda and My Uncle’s Miracle One of the greatest inspirations for my priesthood was my uncle and Godfather, Father Donald Murray. His joy and love and humor

One of the greatest inspirations for my priesthood was my uncle and Godfather, Father Donald Murray. His joy and love and humor and dedication all impacted me throughout my life. It led me to want what he had, and I have never looked back.

So, it goes without saying that, when I heard he was hospitalized with an abdominal aortic aneurism, I was devastated. It was bad. We were told that he bled out, internally, almost completely. The word got out throughout the area that a priest needed blood, and many came to donate their blood. But, the loss of blood took its toll on my uncle. In the days and weeks that followed, there was no response … he was in a coma, and it didn’t look like he would ever awaken.

This occurred while he was vacationing near Wisconsin Rapids, WI. So, he spent several weeks at the hospital in Wisconsin Rapids, while we traveled back and forth from Madison, WI to see him. We became very close to his doctor who was a strong Catholic man. His doctor wanted to do anything he could to make him well, but it looked like there wasn’t much left anyone could do.

After many days, his doctor asked for two neurologists to examine him (he wanted more than one opinion). Both doctors confirmed that he had no brain activity, except for a little brain stem activity. He was diagnosed as officially brain dead. After we received this prognosis, we made arrangements for him to pass, naturally, by removing any extraordinary means for keeping him alive.

We decided to all meet up at the hospital on the next weekend, to say our good-byes, as they would remove these machines that following Monday. Still, his doctor didn’t seem to want to give up. He said, “If we could get him to respond to any stimuli, it would be a sign that something is still there.”

I remember taking some time by myself, outside the hospital, as I was quite emotional. During that time alone, I remember making this prayer, “God, if you heal him, I will go on an amazing retreat and get as close as I can to you.” I don’t know why I chose a retreat as a kind of “bargaining chip” with God, but I did.

Right after that prayer, somebody said they asked him to move his finger, and they thought he did … almost imperceptible, but they thought he did. The doctor was relentless, and he decided not to remove the machines just yet. It was still one in a million, but that was enough for him.

That evening, after I arrived back home, a very good priest friend from back in my seminary days called me up out of the clear blue. He said, “I don’t know if you are interested, but I got this brochure in the mail offering a priest retreat in the Holy Land.” My jaw dropped, and I said, “We’re going!” Recall I had just offered this “retreat bargaining chip” earlier that same day in a prayer to God.

A few weeks after that, we were off to the Holy Land. It was amazing! We saw everything. But, it was at the Pool of Bethesda that something incredible happened. First, here is the story from the bible …

Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked (John 5:1-9).

While we were standing in the excavated area where the Pool of Bethesda once was, I reached down and grabbed two stones and put them in my pocket.

When I got back from this priest retreat, I was notified that a parishioner – a wonderful mother of two young girls – found out she was full of cancer and was given a short time to live. I went to see her and anoint her, and I gave her one of the stones. At her next doctor’s appointment, they told her that, remarkably, there were no signs of cancer.

The second stone I brought to my uncle. He remained in a vegetative state – he had been that way for many weeks now – but I talked to him like he could hear and understand what I was saying. I told him where I found the rock and how I believed God would heal him. I placed it on the nightstand next to his bed.

The next time I went to see him, he was sitting up in bed and, as I walked into the room, he said, “Hi Rick, good to see you.” THAT’S RIGHT!! HE WOKE UP!!

Believe! And never give up!

]]>https://www.romancatholicman.com/never-give-miracle-story-support-alfie-evans/Mother Angelica, SingleHandedly, Turned the Barque of Peter in 1993http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RomanCatholicMan/~3/ibHLc7TCBEM/
Fri, 20 Apr 2018 00:34:35 +0000https://www.romancatholicman.com/?p=13137 I believe Mother Angelica, single-handedly, turned the Barque of Peter around on August 14, 1993, with this Clarion Call to stand against a horrific liberal trajectory of Holy Mother

I believe Mother Angelica, single-handedly, turned the Barque of Peter around on August 14, 1993, with this Clarion Call to stand against a horrific liberal trajectory of Holy Mother Church. Much like a loving parent watching her toddler wander out into a road with busy traffic, Mother Angelica was stern and disciplinary in her rebukes of this terribly dangerous trend. As many of her quotes have been shared in the days following Mother’s passing on Easter Sunday, 2016, I was especially struck by this one: “Those who tell the truth, love you. Those who tell you what you want to hear, love themselves.”

She would call her sisters to wear a “more Roman” habit after this day. EWTN would go on to use modern media to present the more “authentic Catholicity” that millions would believe was “true.”

This was, providentially, on the Feast Day of St. Maximilian Kolbe who, in his day, would fight a very similar battle by use of the very best of modern media in his day.

My friends, modern media can certainly be used for evil, and it is. But, we must make use of it bring the light of truth into a world that is being bombarded with falsehoods and every kind of evil. Here is a sampling …

Approximately one-third of the entire population of the United States (110 million people) currently has a sexually transmitted disease according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, there are 747,408 registered sex offenders in the United States.

It is estimated that one out of every four girls will be sexually abused before they become adults.

An astounding 30 percent of all Internet traffic now goes to adult websites.

70 percent of all men in the 18 to 24-year-old age bracket visit at least one adult website each month.

The average high school boy spends two hours on adult websites every single week.

The marriage rate in the United States has fallen to an all-time low. Right now it is sitting at a yearly rate of 6.8 marriages per 1000 people.

In the United States today, more than half of all couples “move in together” before they get married.

Not surprisingly, an all-time low 44.2 percent of all Americans in the 25 to 34-year-old age bracket are married at this point.

America has the highest divorce rate in the world by a good margin.

America has the highest percentage of one person households on the entire planet.

According to the Pew Research Center, only 51 percent of all American adults are currently married. Back in 1960, 72 percent of all adults in the United States were married.

For women under the age of 30 in the United States, more than half of all babies are being born out of wedlock.

At this point, approximately one out of every three children in the United States lives in a home without a father.

In a massacre that is almost unspeakable, more than 56 million American babies have been slaughtered in this country since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973.

The number of American babies killed by abortion each year is roughly equal to the number of U.S. military deaths that have occurred in all of the wars that the United States has ever been involved in combined.

About one-third of all American women will have had an abortion by the age of 45.

It has been reported that a staggering 41 percent of all New York City pregnancies end in abortion.

Most women that get abortions in the United States claim to be Christian. Protestant women get 42 percent of all abortions and Catholic women get 27 percent of all abortions.

Approximately 52 percent of all African-American pregnancies now end in abortion.

One very shocking study found that 86 percent of all abortions are done for the sake of convenience.

A Department of Homeland Security report that was released in January 2012 says that if you are “anti-abortion”, you are a potential terrorist.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, doctors in the United States write more than 250 million prescriptions for antidepressants each year.

Right now, there are 70 million Americans that are on mind-altering drugs of one form or another.

America has the highest rate of illegal drug use on the entire planet.

According to the federal government, the number of heroin addicts in the United States has more than doubled since 2002.

The number of heroin-related overdose deaths has risen 84 percent just since 2010.

Without strong families, our young people are constantly in search of an identity. According to the FBI, there are now more than 1.4 million gang members involved in the 33,000 active criminal gangs in the United States.

Average SAT scores have been falling for years, and the level of education that our kids are receiving in most of our public schools is a total joke.

At this point, 15-year-olds that attend U.S. public schools do not even rank in the top half of all industrialized nations when it comes to math or science literacy.

Nearly one-fifth of all U.S. adults have no religious affiliation whatsoever. Back in 1972, only 7 percent of all U.S. adults had no religious affiliation.

The number of Americans with no religious affiliation has grown by 25 percent over the past five years.

29 percent of all U.S. adults seldom or never attend religious services.

66 percent of all U.S. adults believe that religion is losing its influence on American life.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of Americans with “no religion” more than doubled between 1990 and 2008.

A weak and compromising liberal Catholicism has no power to face and conquer these evils. We must grow stronger in our Catholic faith and do all we can to heal this planet from it’s terrible disease of evil.

Scripture is filled with God sending forth punishments on those who persist in sin. These are usually preceded by warnings through prophets and others. Take some time to search these modern prophecies: Anne Catherine Emmerich, Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of Good Success, Our Lady of Akita, Our Lady of La Salette and others.

Nobody can say for sure what God will do to “catch our attention” (“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” -Matthew 24:36). But, I know He loves us so much that He gave us His only Son and He will never give up on us.